June 16, 2016

English Vocabulary in 365 Days - Lesson 1

Hello everyone, first of all let me thank you for the wonderful response for my yesterday's article. I didn't expect such a great response from you guys. As I promised, here I am sharing the 1st lesson of the series. Happy Reading :)

What am I going to teach you ?

During these 365 days, I am going to teach you 365 word elements. Which includes 75 Prefixes, 60 Suffixes and 230 Roots. With the help of these, you can recognize the meanings of almost all words in English. I am also going to give some home work with random elements, which helps you in guessing the meaning of the word. Let's start with the 1st lesson.

Day 1 : A, An

a, an - without; not; absence of

If you find a, an in a word's prefix, then in most of the cases the word is saying something negative about the root word.

Let's try to understand this with some examples....

Word Analysis

amoral (adj) = without morals.

a - P = without

mor (mos) - R = custom

al - S = connected with

anaemia (noun) = a deficiency of red blood cells or their haemoglobin

an - Prefix = without

aem (haima) - Root = blood

ia - Suffix = disorder

Let's have a look at some more words with a, an prefixes, for better understanding.

anesthesia = absence of feeling

atypical = not typical or usual

anaerobic = not needing oxygen

anarchy = absence of government

asynchronous = not existing at the same time

agnostic = someone who does not know, if a god exists

aseptic = without infection

apathy = lack of interest, enthusiasm

anonymous = not identified by name

Home Work :

Try to guess the meanings of the following elements.

auto -

bi -

com -

de -

a. down

b. together

c. self

d. two

Try to match the above elements with given meanings. Solve it on your own and

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